A large cloud outburst at Titan's south pole

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Schaller, Emily L., Brown, Michael E., Roe, Henry G., Bouchez, Antonin H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Titan; Infrared observations; Atmospheres; dynamics; Meteorology; Griffith; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2005.12.021

Images of Titan acquired over five nights in October 2004 using the adaptive optics system at the Keck Observatory show dramatic increases in tropospheric cloud activity at the south pole compared with all other images of Titan clouds to date. During this time, Titan's south polar clouds bright...